STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.

SEC. 7004. STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION. (a) Statutory Construction for Purposes of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Reaffirmation Act of 1987.— For the purposes of subsections (a) and (b) of section 202 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Reaffirmation Act of 1987 (Public Law 100–119), the amendments made by section 7003 achieve savings made possible by changes in program requirements. (b) Rule for Construction of Duplicate Provisions.— In applying the provisions of this title and the provisions of the Veterans’ Home Loan Program Improvements and Property Rehabilitation Act of 1987 which make the same amendments as the provisions of this title— (1) the identical provisions of title 38, United States Code, amended by the provisions of this title and the provisions of such Act shall be treated as having been amended only once; and (2) in executing to title 38, United States Code, the amendments made by this title and by such Act, such amendments shall be executed so as to appear only once in the law.